Muse rocker Matt Bellamy has revealed that he never had any aspirations to be a rock star as he was growing up.

Despite this, Muse have gone on to achieve international success and Bellamy’s vocals and skills on the guitar have become iconic.

In an interview with The Sun newspaper, Bellamy said: “When I was younger, my dream was always to be in music, but I didn't have any dream to be a rock star.

“I wanted to be in a classical band or a jazz band.

“So when I started, I wanted to learn the jazz piano, or maybe the clarinet.”

Muse have sold 15 million records worldwide, making them one of the most successful bands in the world.

Bellamy himself has spoken out of his surprise at the success of the band and how their track Survival was chosen as the official song of the London 2012 Olympics.

"Now it's all over, we can say that the song was really written more about survivalists," he said.

"There was this TV show called [Doomsday] Preppers, which was all about these crazy survivalists who think the world is gonna end. The song is basically about that. So I was just making a comment that I was as surprised as everybody else was, that the song got selected for the Olympics."

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